get_external_data: Download and load example data for OtsuSeg

In OtsuSeg: Raster Thresholding Using Otsu´s Algorithm

Download and load example data for OtsuSeg

Description

Downloads a ZIP file with example rasters and shapefiles from GitHub releases and optionally loads a specific file.

Usage

get_external_data(filename = NULL, path = tempdir(), load = FALSE)

Arguments

filename	Optional. The name of the file to return (after extraction).
path	Local directory to download and extract files. Default is a temp folder.
load	Logical. If TRUE, returns a loaded object (RasterLayer for .tif, sf for .shp). Default is FALSE.

Value

File path or loaded object if 'load = TRUE'.

Examples

# Download example data and list contents
data_dir <- get_external_data(path = tempdir())
list.files(data_dir)

# Load a specific raster file (.tif)
pre_fire <- get_external_data("NBRpre.tif", path = tempdir(), load = TRUE)
print(pre_fire)

# Load a specific shapefile (.shp)
shape_data <- get_external_data("shapefile_reference.shp", path = tempdir(), load = TRUE)
print(shape_data)

OtsuSeg documentation built on June 8, 2025, 10:49 a.m.